2002 MLS WPL Prediction Thread #31 (with table) (Aug. 17-18)

MLS WPL Table for games through August 10, 2002.

The table for this week includes 7 games: the four played on August 10 and the three mid-week games played just before the All-Star game. There were no blowouts, so 21 points were available. We had 41 active participants and a median score of 6.5.

The Weekly Cup - quicksand won the Weekly Cup by two points over the rest of the field. Wild Kitten continued her recent hot streak, finishing second after recording a Weekly Cup win in July. Three of the top four in the league standings are among the logjam at 6th, with 8 points each.

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1. quicksand 12.5
2. Wild Kitten 10.5
3. MadSirAlexxx 9
4. babytiger2001, guinho 8.5
6. DenverFan1, empennage, IASocFan,
JBlazini24, joker20, NateP 8
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The First Division - The top four remain bunched within 2.5 points, while the gap back to fifth has now widened to 14.5 points. DenverFan continues to lead the way, while empennage moved back into second, a place he's held for much of the year. JBLazini24 and babytiger2001 also had good weeks. Our cup winner, quicksand, used his excellent performance to gain promotion to the First Division, along with NNCRed.
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1 (1) DenverFan1 8 126.5
2 (3) empennage 8 125
2 (2) jlo 7.5 125
4 (4) IASocFan 8 124
5 (7) dred 7 109.5
6 (5) soccertom 5.5 108.5
7 (5) The Perfesser 5 108
8 (7) Northside Rovers 4 106.5
9 (9) scaryice 3 103.5
10 (10) Hal 5 102.5
11 (12) Fanaddict 7.5 100
11 (13) JBlazini24 8 100
13 (13) hornonmyankle 7 99
13 (11) sljohn 5 99
15 (13) FlashMan 4.5 96.5
16 (16) babytiger2001 8.5 95
17 (17) Scribe and Son 7.5 93
18 (20) Whirlwind 7.5 90
19 (21) NNCRed 7.5 89.5
20 (25) quicksand 12.5 89
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The Second Division - MadSirAlexxx finished third in the Weekly Cup and closed the gap on the front-runners in the Second Division. NateP, guinho (welcome back), Wild Kitten, and the newly promoted Joker20 also did well.

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21 (18) MetroFanCP 4 87.5
21 (22) SocrStopr13 6.5 87.5
23 (23) Alf 6.5 87
24 (25) MadSirAlexxx 9 85.5
24 (18) tolbuck 2 85.5
26 (28) NateP 8 81.5
27 (27) Jacen McCullough 5.5 80
28 (33) guinho 8.5 79
28 (30) Out of Touch 7.5 79
30 (24) Port Qaz - 78.5
31 (34) WildKitten 10.5 78
32 (30) Up The Metro 4.5 76
33 (32) goyette82 4.5 75.5
34 (29) MajikMouse 2.5 75
35 (36) encinitas 4.5 67.5
36 (35) LMoroney 3 67
37 (38) goatnutsgoal 5 65
38 (36) dawgpound2 - 63
39 (39) deimos 5.5 56
40 (41) joker20 8 53
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Lower Divisions - Three active participants this week in the lower divisions. Only Jose Couso is likely to be satisfied with his performance, moving up five more spots. themrs. returned to active status after a lengthy layoff. Does she have enough time to salvage her season?
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41 (40) themrs. 2 48
46 (51) Jose L. Couso 6 38.5
86 (-) cj90red 0 0
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Honor Roll:

2002 Weekly Cup Winners:

2 Cups: DenverFan1 (6; 15); dred (12; 14); empennage (10; 16)

1 Cup:

Hal (Week 1), IASocFan (2), kennytt (2), Fanaddict (3), encinitas (4),
Northside Rovers (4), The Perfesser (5), NateP (6), scaryice (7),
Ffan (8), NNCRed (9), guinho (10), tolbuck (10), MetroFanCP (13),
WildKitten (17), JBlazini24 (18), jlo(19), quicksand (20-21)

2002 Standings Leaders:
Week 10-15, 17: IASocFan
Week 5-9: The Perfesser
Week 19-21: DenverFan1
Week 2-4: Scribe
Week 16, 18: empennage
Week 2: socrstopr13
Week 1: Hal

 

5 games on the weekend of the 17th and 18th:

SJ : DC
Met : Dal
LA : Col
NE : Chi
KC : Clb

 

Here are IASocFan's picks.

Please don't copy and use this as a template, because he forgot to pick one of the games.

LA 3:1 Col
SJ 2:0 DCU
NE 2:2 Chi
KC 2:1 Clb